Nerita albicilla

Nerita albicilla
Nerita albicilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Nerita
Subgenus:	Theliostyla
Species:	N. albicilla
Binomial name
Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758

Nerita albicilla, common name the blotched nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.^[1]

Description

Up to 4 cm, shell surface smooth or with slight transverse ridges; small pustules and four weak teeth on the columella. Colour variegated black and white, occasionally with three conspicuous bands. White interior, pinkish-grey granular operculum.^[1]

Distribution

tropical Indo-Pacific^[1]

• Aldabra^[1]
• Australia in Kalk^[1]
• Chagos^[1]
• East Coast of South Africa^[1]
• Kenya^[1]
• Madagascar^[1]
• Mascarene Basin^[1]
• Mauritius^[1]
• Mozambique^[1]
• Red Sea^[1]
• Seychelles^[1]
• Tanzania^[1]

Habitat

Habitat: rocky cliffs, on rocks in the littoral fringe, sometimes mangrove trees.^[1]

Parasites

• Vibrio parahaemolyticus^[2]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 work from the reference ^[1].

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216254 on 5 May 2010.
2. ^ Kumazawa N. H., Kato E., Takaba T. & Yokota T. (August 1988). "Survival of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in two gastropod molluscs, Clithon retropictus and Nerita albicilla". Nippon Juigaku Zasshi 50(4): 918-924. PubMed

External links

• NCBI